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Bounce (2002)

Where the lyrics of Bounce take you, and where it was really made.

The cover of this rock album shows a radio telescope dish, not the band.

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The radio telescope on the cover (2002)

Album cover Very Large Array — The cover art is a stylized image of a radio telescope dish at the Very Large Array. The exact spot where the photo was taken is not stated in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Bounce: eighth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi
• Released October 8, 2002, through Island Records
• Produced by Luke Ebbin, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
• Heavily influenced by the September 11 attacks
• The title refers to New York City and the United States bouncing back after the World Trade Center attacks

Background

• Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora started writing new songs after the Crush world tour ended in July 2001
• Band members wrote 25 songs between June and October 2001 and demoed 12 of them
• Many songs written in September 2001 were shaped by the attacks
• Jon Bon Jovi had an acting commitment to Ally McBeal, so writing continued in Los Angeles at Luke Ebbin's house
• Songwriting continued until March 2002

Recording

• Recorded at Sanctuary II Studio in New Jersey
• Recording ran from March to June 2002
• Mixing finished by early July 2002 and mastering by late July 2002
• The band wrote about 40 songs in under a year, and 12 of them ended up on the album

Cover

• Cover art shows a stylized image of a radio telescope dish at the Very Large Array
• Photographed by Kevin Westenberg
• Art direction and design by Kevin Reagan

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983.
• Jon Bon Jovi began performing live in 1975 at age 13 with his first band, Raze.
• The band was named Bon Jovi on the suggestion of Pamela Maher, following the model of two-word bands such as Van Halen.
• Its debut album Bon Jovi was released on January 21, 1984, with the single "Runaway" reaching the Billboard Hot 100 top forty.

Members

• The current lineup is Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, John Shanks, Phil X, Everett Bradley, and Hugh McDonald.
• Original bassist Alec John Such left in 1994; he died in 2022.
• Guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.

Career

• Slippery When Wet (1986) brought global success, with "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• New Jersey (1988) produced five Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, a record for a hard rock album.
• Keep the Faith (1992) marked a shift to a more mature sound.
• "Always" (1994) became the band's biggest-selling and longest-charting single.
• Crush (2000) and "It's My Life" introduced the band to a younger audience.
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (2006) won a Grammy and became the first rock band single to top the Billboard country chart.
• The band has sold more than 130 million records worldwide and was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Bounce received generally mixed reviews from critics
• Metacritic: average score of 61 out of 100 based on 8 reviews
• AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): 2 out of 5, said the album avoids what gives the band its character, melody and muscle
• Entertainment Weekly (David Browne): C, said the sound is grating and the September 11 themes are reduced to stadium chants
• Los Angeles Times (Natalie Nichols): 2 out of 4, said the epic quality comes from an overdose of strings and piano
• Rolling Stone (Gavin Edwards): 3 out of 5, said the title is an exhortation to America after 9/11 and that life goes on
• Sputnikmusic: 3.5 out of 5, called it the best album of the millennium era
• The Guardian (Steven Poole): 2 out of 5, said the ballads are sugary and the record sounds like Elvis Costello or Elton John for most of its length

Records

• Debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200
• Highest debut in the band's history at that time
• First Bon Jovi album not to reach platinum status in the US

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Desmond Child returned after a one-album absence to co-write four of the album's 12 songs.
• The title track was first written near the end of the One Wild Night Tour with more sports-oriented lyrics, and became a declaration of strength after September 11.
• The title of "You Had Me from Hello" came from a phrase spoken by Cameron Crowe in his film Jerry Maguire.
• "Open All Night" is written as a dialogue between Ally McBeal and Victor Morrison, a role Jon Bon Jovi played in nine episodes of the TV series.
• Jon Bon Jovi said the songs written right after September 11 as a cathartic exercise would never be recorded.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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